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Telangana
Indian Minerals
Yearbook 2019
(Part- I)
58th Edition
STATE REVIEWS
(Telangana)
(ADVANCE RELEASE)
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF MINES
INDIAN BUREAU OF MINES
March, 2021
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Table –1: Reserves/Resources of Minerals as on 01.04.2015: Telangana
Reserves Remaining Resources
Total
Mineral Unit Proved Probable Tot al Feasibility Pre-feasibility Measured Indicated Inferred Reconnaissance Total resources
STD 111 (A) STD211 STD331 STD332 STD333 STD334 (B) (A+B)
STD121 STD122 STD221 STD222
Barytes # tonne 1324582 - 403420 1728002 112320 45400 130061 - 12940 711239 - 1011960 2739962
ChinaClay# '000 tonnes 623 322 - 945 2902 1059 655 - - 10602 132 15350 16295
Chromite '000 tonnes - - - - - - - - 15 171 - 186 186
Copper
Ore '000 tonnes - - - - - 666 - - - - - 666 666
Metal '000 tonnes - - - - - 9.12 - - - - - 9.12 9.12
Corundum tonne - - - - 5824 - 9282 - - 62007 - 77113 77113
Dolomite # '000 tonnes 42072 - 651 42723 2869 1594 1944 - 132511 6380 - 145298 188021
Feldspar # tonne 8244089 526905 1231579 10002573 3163212 543605 1938177 134417 3890572 3657219 57940 13385142 23387715
FireClay# '000 tonnes 762 - - 762 667 746 - - 758 8514 - 10684 11446
Fuller's Earth## tonne - - - - - - - - - 25523983 - 25523983 25523983
Garnet tonne 15097 - - 15097 47090 42033 - - - 1855976 - 1945099 1960196
Granite
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(Dimension
Stone)## '000 cum - - - - - - - - - 45494 - 45494 45494
Graphite tonne - - - - - - - - 123636 95818 - 219455 219455
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Iron ore
(Haematite) '000 tonnes 509 - - 509 973 483 - - - 23977 27240 52673 53181
Iron ore
(Magnetite) '000 tonnes - - - - - - - - - 71500 14 71514 71514
Kyanite tonne - - - - - - - - - 48350000 - 48350000 48350000
Laterite # '000 tonnes 36471 8213 2426 47110 6439 828 2536 - - 6483 305 16591 63701
Limestone '000 tonnes 625569 195 400766 1026529 254912 28110 92020 113416 921577 11710694 3038478 16159208 17185736
Manganese
ore '000 tonnes 156 3 196 355 2 - 46 - 886 203 76 1214 1568
Marble## '000 tonnes - - - - - - - - - 3 - 3 3
Mica# kilograms - - - - - - 584885 - - - - 584885 584885
Quartz &
Silica Sand# '000 tonnes 18541 1367 6916 26824 10334 2414 8365 159 3107 28642 230 53250 80074
Shale# '000 tonnes 13852 - - 13852 - - - - - - - - 13852
Talc -Steatite -
Soapstone# '000 tonnes - - - - - - - - - 20 - 20 20
Figures rounded off.
# Declared as Minor Minerals vide Gazette Notification dated 10.02.2015
## Minor Minerals before Gazette Notification dated 10.02.2015.
STATE REVIEWS
GSI
Co a l
Bhadradri- Sambayagudem 1 :1 0 00 0 2 5 .0 04 19 54.7 0 - G3 stage preliminary
Kothagudem block, South- exploration for coal was carried
eastern part of o u t i n S a m b a ya g u d e m b l o c k ,
Godavari Valley South -eastern part of Godavari
Coalfield, Va l l e y C o a l f i e l d , B h a d r a d r i -
Kothagudem district. An area of
2 5 s q k m wa s m a p p e d o n
1:1 0,0 00 scale an d 1,9 54. 70 m
of drilling in four borehole were
com plet ed . Barakar an d Lo wer
Ka m t h i Fo r m a t i o n s a r e c o a l -
bearing in the area. Five numbers
o f Lo wer Ka m t h i c o a l s e a m s
zon e h a v e b een i n t ers e c t ed i n
the boreholes between the depth
range of 2 45 .6 5 m and 4 70. 40
m with individual coal thickness
varying from 0.50 m to 1.45 m.
T h e t wo B a r a k a r c o a l s e a m s
zon e h a v e b een i n t ers e c t ed i n
the boreholes between the depth
range of 4 75 .1 1 m and 6 71. 20
m with individual coal thickness
varying from 0.50 m to 1.18 m.
T h e q u a l i t y of c o a l i s m os t l y
o f p o we r g r a d e t o s u p e r i o r -
grade coal. The explorat ion
wi l l c on t i n u e i n f i e l d s e a s o n
2 0 1 9 -2 0 .
Iron Ore
Karimnagar Ragampet and 1 :1 2 50 0 5 - - - Reconnaissance survey (G4) was
Peddapalli Dumalkunta taken up to explore iron ore
and Jagtial blocks potential in Ragampet and
Dumalkunta blocks in
Ka r i m n a g a r , P e d d a p a l l i a n d
J a g t i a l d i s t r i c t s . In b o t h t h e
b l o c k s , i ron ore wa s fou n d t o
occur as banded magnetite
quartzite (BMQ) band(s) and was
observed to be restricted to the
top of the hills and mounds. The
iron bands are found as bouldery
ou tcrops and are discont inuous
in nature. BMQ bands with
variable width, length and strike
were found to con sist of micro
to macrobands of magnetite.
Ir o n t o s i l i c a r a t i o s h o we d
v a r i a t i o n s f ro m 1 : 2 t o 1 : 5 .
Grunerite was found in variable
proportion along with quartz and
magnetite wi t h i n BMQ.
Di ssem in a t ed magn et i te grai ns
(contd)
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Table – 3 (contd)
Karimnagar Gollapalli R e c o n n a i s s a n c e s u r ve y ( G 4 )
block c a r r i e d o u t fo r i r o n o r e i n
Go l l a p a l l i b l o c k , Ka r i m n a g a r
di stri ct com p ri sed La rge- Sca le
M a p p i n g o f 10 0 s q k m a rea on
1:12,500 scale. A total of 26
BMQ bands having length
varying from 7 0 to 6 00 m and
wid t h var yi n g fro m 5 t o 6 0 m
were i d en t i fi ed . On l y 3 ba n d s
were with length more than 400
m an d avera ge wid th of 5 0 m.
The BMQ band s were foun d to
have alternate magnetite and
si lica-rich layers in 25:75 . The
petrographic stu dy revealed the
m a i n or e a s m a g n e t i t e a n d
associated gangue minerals were
quartz, g ru n e r i t e and
o r t h o p y r o x en e . The iron
b e a r i n g s i l i c a t e s ( g ru n e r i t e ,
orth opyroxene) contributed less
than 5% of the total iron content
(contd)
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Table – 3 (contd)
REE
Nagarkurnool Around 1:1 250 0 10 0.0 - - - Reconnaissance survey for
and Nalgonda Chandampet REE mineralisation in granitoids of
and Kalwakurthy Peninsular Gneissic Complex around
area Chandampet, Kalwakurthy area in
parts of Nagarkurnool and Nalgonda
districts was taken up by covering
an area of 100 sq. km by Large-
Scale Mapping on 1:12,500 scale.
SEM studies confirmed presence of
REE-bearing trace minerals like
sphene, apatite, epidote etc. in the
granites and pegmatites of the area.
Dia mo nd
Mahabubnagar Kodangal- 1 :5 0 00 0 75 0.0 - - 443 A reconnaissance survey for
and Vikarabad Parigi blocks primary source rocks of diamond
wa s c a r r i ed o u t i n K o d a n g a l -
Parigi blocks, Mahabubnagar and
Vi k a r a b a d d i s t r i c t s . Ae r i a l
Reconnaissance and Satellite
(contd)
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Table – 3 (contd)
DGM
L imes to n e
Suryapet Cluster -1, 1:12 50 00 63 .51 - - 157 G4 stage exploration in the area
Mellacheruvu was taken up under NMET fund.
block
(contd)
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Table – 3 (contd)
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Keerthi Industries Ltd, Mellacheruvu, 59 0 Ashirwad Steels & Ind. Ltd, Veliminedu, 60
Distt Nalgonda Distt Nalgonda
Kesoram Cement, Basantnagar, Distt Karimnagar 6000 Anand Metallics & Power Pvt. Ltd, 24
Kodi Cherla, Distt Mahabubnagar
Mancherial Cement Co. (P) Ltd, Mancherial, 33 0
Binjusaria Sponge & Power Pvt. Ltd, 30
Distt Adilabad
Farooq Nagar, Distt Mahabubnagar
(contd) (contd)
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Lakshmi Gayatri Iron & Steel, Kethepally 60 Shree Raghvendra Ferro alloys Pvt Ltd, Nalgonda. 15
Distt Nalgonda
VBC Ferro Alloys Ltd, 48 (silico-
NMDC (Sponge Iron Division), Paloncha, 60 Rudraram, Distt Medak. manganese)
Khammam. 32.4 (ferro
Reactive Metals of India Ltd, Appajipally 36.5 manganese)
Distt Mahabubnagar.
Refractory
Sunder Steels Ltd, S.D. Road, Secunderabad. 36
MPR Refractories Ltd, Medak. 9.5
Ferro-alloys Raasi Refractories, Narketapally, Distt Nalgonda. 35
Nav Bharat Ferro Ventures Ltd, Paloncha, 12 5 Note: Data, not readily available for fertilizer and cement
Distt Khammam. Industries on respective websites, is therefore taken from FAI
(contd) Statistics and Survey of Cement Industry & Directory, respectively.
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